Advanced Search  
  Living china>Shanghai>Shanghai News Digest
       
 

Men in Shanghai age early
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-07 09:00

The percentage of Shanghai men showing signs of early ageing has doubled over the past two decades, a local survey claimed.

Symptoms of the "male menopause," which includes weariness, bad moods, vesicular diseases and deteriorating sexual ability, trouble 20 per cent of Shanghai men under the age of 45.

This compares to about 10 per cent complaining of these problems in the early 1980s, according to the survey by the andrologic centre of Shanghai's Renji Hospital.

"To healthy men, such problems should usually arise after 50 and some may never suffer clear symptoms of the 'menopause,'" said Li Zheng, director of the centre who also heads the city's sperm bank.

Unhealthy lifestyles, emotional stress and environmental pollution are to blame for the problems, according to Li.

"The situation is going to get worse if people remain unaware of it," he said, adding that some of his patients are younger than 35.

The survey, funded by the municipal government's committee of science and technology, was conducted between last June and December, and was based on 620 cases in Renji and several other hospitals, as well as investigations in several city neighbourhoods.

Besides early ageing, Li said some 20 per cent of men suffered various andrologic diseases - diseases relating to men, particularly the reproductive organs. And patients are getting more and younger.

"Some 1,360 people came to the sperm bank for physical checks last year and only 79 were found to be fully qualified to donate sperm," Li told China Daily.

The Shanghai sperm bank, one of only four sperm banks in China, has managed to collect just 6,000 samples in the past two years, far less than the needs of the city, which is trying to reverse more than a decade of slowing population growth.

Outside Shanghai, the situation of male health does not look better.

In a joint survey by hospitals in Beijing, Guangzhou and Chongqing last year among over 1,000 men suffering erectile dysfunction (ED), those under 40 accounted for 47.5 per cent.

Many of the surveyed ED patients also have other problems, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and heart diseases.

These ED patients wait for an average of 22 months before they see the doctor, according to the survey.

"Many people's understanding of male health remains scant and in many ways wrong," said Jiang Hui, director of the andrologic centre of Peking University People's Hospital, which organized the survey.

Many men only care about physical problems, but are careless with their psychological health, or shy away from seeking andrologic medical care.

Some just carry on indulging in smoking, alcohol and other bad habits, said Jiang.

Many patients also have to go to illegal clinics, as few hospitals in the country have andrologic departments, he added.

In Shanghai, andrologic experts opened a male health club last October, aiming to cultivate the idea of male health in the booming city.

Despite a shortage of money, the club manages to hold a free lecture every month and has so far attracted more than 1,000 members, mostly middle-age and elderly men.



 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         

| Home | News | Business | Living in China | Forum | E-Papers |Weather |

|About Us | Contact Us | Site Map | Jobs |
Copyright 2005 Chinadaily.com.cn All rights reserved. Registered Number: 20100000002731
主站蜘蛛池模板: 啊轻点灬大ji巴太粗太长了电影| 女人张开腿让男人捅| 国产熟女乱子视频正在播放| 亚洲Aⅴ在线无码播放毛片一线天| 野花高清在线观看免费完整版中文| 日本精品久久久久中文字幕8| 亚洲春色在线视频| 粉嫩虎白女P虎白女在线| 国产人成精品免费视频| d动漫精品专区久久| 成年人性生活片| 久久久精品人妻无码专区不卡| 欧美人妻精品一区二区三区 | a视频免费观看| 少妇厨房愉情理9仑片视频| 中文字幕影片免费在线观看| 日韩人妻无码精品一专区| 二十四小时日本高清在线www| 欧美亚洲一区二区三区四| 亚洲日本人成中文字幕| 正在播放国产女免费| 人妻中文字幕在线网站| 精品一区二区三区在线播放视频 | 国产做国产爱免费视频| 欧洲一级毛片免费| 国产精品亚洲精品日韩已方| 7777精品伊人久久久大香线蕉| 在线看无码的免费网站| 日本5级床片全免费| 国产一级做美女做受视频| 国产福利免费视频| 国产精品WWW夜色视频| 香蕉啪视频在线观看视频久| 性xxxxfeixxxxx欧美| 中文字幕精品一区二区精品| 麻豆精品在线观看| 欧美日韩在线免费观看| 亚洲综合无码无在线观看| 蜜臀精品国产高清在线观看| 国产尹人香蕉综合在线电影| 91香蕉视频污|